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08/30/2010 - 05:04 | Linna Zhang

This is the second week after I transferred to new team.  Such hard situation for me as I don’t what to do even no body here I knew. I feel lonely and boring.  Before last week I can still get training which is easy to kill time. In fact, if you backup somebody you have  to reschedule your plan according to his or her. Definitely you are not able to work independently and was robbed the right to make decision which made me looks like a fool. That nearly make me crazy. God, when will get it done. I’d like to work hardly rather than noting to do. Cheer up Dear. It is the first step that costs troublesome. Just insist on it. Confirm yourself.

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08/30/2010 - 03:19 | surge_aki

What is the difference of nuance: "Look about you," and "Look around you."

I have been reading a book about learning English these days. Today I found the book said that the word "about" reminds native speakers some kind of images like being there around something. And there was a example sentence above "Look about you."
But I don't understand the difference of nuance between about and around in this case.

I'd like to know the difference of nuance of these. Could someone explain to me?

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08/30/2010 - 03:09 | Yocchan

Today, I learned one phrase.

"Give me a ring."

When I read the sentense for the first time, I was upset.

"Why should I present it ?"


日本人が誤解しそうな表現ですが、「電話してね」ってことみたいです。

使えたらかっこいいね~!


Give me a ring = Give me a call.

 

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08/29/2010 - 23:13 | Johnsempai

Practicing my Japanese ^_^ Hopefully I can improve my skills. When I go to Japan, I want to understand what people say around me. I hope someone can teach me many useful things. Well, I'll see ya :p

John-sempai

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08/29/2010 - 11:35 | uri

 

朝は曇りで、やがて雨が降り出し、また雲って、晴れました。

やがてまた曇り、暫くしたらまた雨が降りました。

そして曇りになり晴れましたが、また直ぐに曇りになり雨が降りました。

現在は曇っています。

夏も終わりが近いのでしょうか?

 

It would begin to rain before long as it was cloudy in the morning and cleared up the cloud.

It rained again when doing ..cloudy weather.. for a while before long again.

It became cloudy and cleared up, and and, it immediately became cloudy and rained.

It is becoming cloudy now.

Is the end near in summer?

 

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08/29/2010 - 11:20 | Yocchan

Today, I exchanged messages with my friend lives in USA.

She used the letters, "lol."

Does it mean "laughing out loud" ?

If so, it might be equal to (笑).

Please help me ^^

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08/29/2010 - 07:29 | alessa

Hi,

 

I'm a native english speaker and I really want to leanr Japanese! If you help me learn Japanese, Ill help you learn English!

 

Thanks!!

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08/29/2010 - 00:42 | Johnsempai

Chiiiiwassu. Ore no namae wa Jon desu. I would really like to improve my Japanese. In two years I will travel to Japan, so I hope to learn as much Nihongo as possible. So let's be friends ^_^ Yoroshiku onegaishimasu

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08/28/2010 - 20:32 | Claudis

Hi  !

My name is  Claudia  and I would like learn English  . I help with  Spanishhh , Who  wants  to  help ?   Kisses   =)

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08/28/2010 - 05:24 | Yocchan

I want to improve my English skills. But I'm at a loss how to do it...

Learning languages is not easy, but my friends at our University can speak English fluently.

So I'm in sink or swim situation now.

Please correct me if I use unnatural English :D

不自然な英語を使っていたら訂正をお願いします (^^)

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